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high 7.8

CVE-2022-1215 json

A format string vulnerability was found in libinput

published 2022-05-31 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-24554

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A format string vulnerability was found in libinput

Patch / fix

  • freedesktop libinput 1.18.2, 1.19.4
  • libinput Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.20.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1215

  • libinput Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1.10.4-1ubuntu0.18.04.3
  • libinput Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.15.5-1ubuntu0.3
  • libinput Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1215

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libinput RHEL 9 1.19.3-2.el9_0
  • libinput-utils RHEL 9 1.19.3-2.el9_0
  • libinput RHEL 8 1.16.3-3.el8_6
  • libinput-utils RHEL 8 1.16.3-3.el8_6

red hat advisories RHSA-2022:5257RHSA-2022:5331

  • libinput SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15 +19 more 1.10.5-150000.3.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:1305-1

  • libinput AlmaLinux 9 1.19.3-2.el9_0
  • libinput-utils AlmaLinux 9 1.19.3-2.el9_0

almalinux advisories ALSA-2022:5257

  • libinput Rocky Linux 8 1.16.3-3.el8_6
  • libinput Rocky Linux 9 1.19.3-2.el9_0

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2022:5331RLSA-2022:5257

  • libinput Alpine 3.15 1.19.4-r0
  • libinput Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +6 more 1.20.1-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-1215

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  • libinput CBL-Mariner 2.0 1.21.0-1

azure linux advisories AZL-9861

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-1215 updated cvss 7.8

libinput: format string vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libinput
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libinput-devel 1.19.3-2.el9_0, libinput-debuginfo 1.19.3-2.el9_0, libinput-debugsource 1.19.3-2.el9_0, libinput-test-debuginfo 1.19.3-2.el9_0, libinput-utils-debuginfo 1.19.3-2.el9_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5257
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) libinput 1.16.3-3.el8_6, libinput-utils 1.16.3-3.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5331
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) libinput 1.19.3-2.el9_0, libinput-utils 1.19.3-2.el9_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5257
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) libinput-devel 1.16.3-3.el8_6, libinput-debuginfo 1.16.3-3.el8_6, libinput-debugsource 1.16.3-3.el8_6, libinput-test-debuginfo 1.16.3-3.el8_6, libinput-utils-debuginfo 1.16.3-3.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5331

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Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • n/a libinput

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

Sources

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